Knut Johansen

24 books

Child of God by Cormac McCarthy

Child of God

Cormac McCarthy

208 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction horror dark reflective slow-paced
Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom

Dark Fire

The Shardlake Series #2

C.J. Sansom

501 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction historical mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom

Dissolution

The Shardlake Series #1

C.J. Sansom

416 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
The History of Danish Dreams by Peter Høeg

The History of Danish Dreams

Peter Høeg

332 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction contemporary challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

The Immortalists

Chloe Benjamin

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary historical magical realism dark reflective sad medium-paced
The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead

The Intuitionist

Colson Whitehead

272 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction mystery science fiction mysterious medium-paced
The Land of Short Sentences by Stine Pilgaard

The Land of Short Sentences

Stine Pilgaard

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging funny informative medium-paced
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon

David Grann

400 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history travel adventurous mysterious medium-paced
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark emotional sad medium-paced
On Love and Tyranny: The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt by Ann Heberlein

On Love and Tyranny: The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt

Ann Heberlein

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography informative medium-paced